Sheet-metal piling.



PATENTE) JULY lf3, 1906.

v No. 825,458.

M. J. HANBY. SHEET METAL FILING.

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NilGHAEL JOHN HANEY. OF 'TYGRONT CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO NORMAN M. MCLEOD, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

SHEET-METAL PlLlNG.

Speclcation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 10, 1906.

To all whom t may concern:

Beit known that I, MICHAEL JOHN Halver, of the city oi" Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Piling, of Whioh the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in sheet-metal piling; and the object of the invention is to devise a durable and strong form of section and look therefor, whereby sheet-metal piling may be set up economically and any liability of leakage prevented Where required; and it consists, essentially, of a plate, angle-iron bars riveted on one longitudinal edge of same directly o posite each other and projecting beyond theongitudinal edge of the plate, and an angle-iron plate or plates located at a slight distance from the opposite longitudinal edge of the plate and havlng inturned li s extending, pre erably,within thefedge of t e plate, the said latter plates being preferably located on each side of the plete and designed to receive Within the lips the projecting `.members of the an le-iron bars on the o posits edge of the s. utting plate and thee ges of the lates proper being designed to abut within t e angle-iron bars, as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure l is a perspective vien of' 'my iniw proved sheet-metal piling. Fig. 2 is a detail of one plate. Fig. 3 is a detail of a 1sfide form of late provided with diagonal strengthening-ribs. Fig. 4 is a sectional plan.

In the drawings like letters oi reference indieate corresponding arts in each figure.

A is a sheet-steel p ate which is rovided 'tudina edges Wit the angie-iron bars B located directly opposite each other, one on each side of the late and projecting beyond the longitudina edge of the plate, as indicated. The angle-iron bars B are suitably riveted to the plate.

C re resents angle-iron plates, which are also sultably riveted to the plate at a sli ht distance from the opposite longitudinal edge of the plate and are rovided with inturned li s c, which, it will e noticed, in sectional p an (shown in Fig. 4) do not extend beyond the edge of the plate, being preferably located within such edge or Within the Width of the late flhe lip c is preferably made in curled llorm, as indicated 1n Fig. 4, leaving the free end a gripping edge. The plate' may be one longitudinal plate provided with the gripping-li s, and such lips are provided one on each si efoi' the plate and located -direetly opposite to each other. As indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the plates are fitted together, with the longitudinal angle-iron bars B ex tending through the holding-plate C, the free edges of the longitudinal bars being gripped by the lips e, as indicated. In Fig. 3 I show the same form of plate, but Wider and having angle-bars e diagonally arran ed, such anle-bars serving to reinforce t e plate from ongitndinal edge to longitudinal edge, thereby enabling me to make a much wider plate and use less plates, and consequentlyT cheapen the production of my sheet-piling. The diasonal angle-bars A also serve, when our p ate-section is being driven home, to force the plates C into position over the angle-bars B and prevent any liability of spreading as the plates are being driven into position.

I am aware that beams have been used in the construction of Sheetnietel piling and that such beams are of various constructions, Which necessitate much expense in their production, and I have particularly avoided the use of such beams for this reason, rn object being to produce my sheet-metal p' ing from common stools. For this reason have confined In Tself in the construction of my sheetmetal p ate to plates and anglebars or angle-plates which may be readily obtained from any sheet merchant or manufacturer. By this means, therefore, l am enabled to produce at a minimum expense and Without the necessity of skilled labor an extremely strong and durable pilin Although I have shown the ang e-bars on onelongitudinal edge of the plate and the angle consenting-plates on the o posits edge, it will of course be understoo that I may Without departing from the spirit of my in'- vention provide angle-bars on each edge of one plate and the next succeeding plate with the angle gri pin -plates on eac on itudinel edge, .and3 1n t 1s case I Would ma re the lates with the gripping-bars preferably a ighter or thinner p ate than the plate with the angle-bars, so as to provide for the ready insertion of the one Within the other. What I claim as my invention is 1. A sheet-metal piling comprising plates IOO abutting each other at their longitudinal edges, angle-bars suitably riveted adjacent to one longitudinal edge on both sides of the plate and lugs disposed at desired distances apart at the opposite longitudinal edge and suitably riveted to the plate in pairs one at each side and having inturned lip designed to reeeive the outer-turned portions ol the angle-bars of the adjaeent plate as speeiiied.

A sheet-metal piling comprising plates abutting eaeh other at their longltudimil edges and angle-bars secured to one longitudinal edge ol' the plate on opposite sides thereof and projeeting beyond sue-l1 edge or width of the plate, and angle plates or bars seeured to the opposite longitudinal edge ol' the plate, one on eaeh side and opposite eaeh other and so arranged that the opposite longitudinal edge projects beyond the angle bars or plates and provided with inturned I lips for gripping the free edge of the angle j bars of the next plate, so as to cover the joint or abutting edges of the plate as and for the purpose specified.

Il. ln a sheet-metal piling a series el' plates abutting each other means for interlocking the plates at their longitudinal edges and diagonal strengthening-bars or their equivalent extending aeross the plates as and for the purpose speeilied.

4. ln a slieeteinetaly piling a series oi' plates abutting eaeh other, an angle-plate seeured on one edge oi' eaeh plate and provided with a gripping-lip designed to loekA onto the edge ol' the next angle-plate as and for the purpose speei'lied.

MICHAEL JOHN HANEY.

VVitne sses B. BOYD, C. K. BAK. 

